Have you ever thought to start an online business? Or maybe an idea that has always been buried deep inside you is that to buy a beautiful car. Maybe, you have an annoying life and you have thought about doing something different? Perhaps you’ve thought that you’d like to do more world traveling.
For me, it was all these thing. Two years ago, I was working as engineer for a while. After two years, I found myself yearning to do something more than just design and build house.
Also, a few years back, I’ve had an urge to travel, so I cut my three-month to travel around Europe. I wanted the freedom. I wanted the freedom, in order to get resetting my life on a sunday morning. I wanted to make changes in my day-to-day life.
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The catalyst for change occurred this year, when all of my effort allowed me to make this change on my life and leave my old job. I knew there was a better way for me to live, and now that I realized my dream I can say that I became my own boss and decide what is better for me.
Over the last year, however, I’ve learned a lot about how to successfully prepare for a major lifestyle change. For instance, some of the most important rules of personal finance is still very applicable:
1. Create a budget – I always used mint.com to see how to save more money. In particular I use this tool to track trading over month and categorize my spending. Often, I had additional expenses that didn’t even considered. For instance, I was spending $200/month for cell phone. So, I had cut $100 of that value.
2. Cancel account - In these month, I noticed recurring monthly expenses that I’d forgotten about, or that I didn’t even know I had. I found a monthly “subscription fee” of $10/month for a marketing program I’d never used.
3. Have a plan – There are specific ways to plan, depending the lifestyle you want to reach. First you need to decide your goals. For instance, my goal was to start a new business, so, while I was working part-time simultaneously I was preparing to make the leap.
If you are plan to make a trip, then consider to looking for some coupon codes in order to save a bit of money, and so on.
